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Re: Wabash Boxcar in Atlanta, IL

Gene Green <bierglaeser@...>
 

Good grief! Did I really write that??? I should have said "Grain doors," not "Grain." I'm sure no one was confused but a little proof-reading isn't so hard to do.

Gene thinks faster than he types Green

--- In STMFC@..., "Gene Green" <bierglaeser@...> wrote:

--- In STMFC@..., Ray Breyer <rtbsvrr69@> wrote:
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I can think of at least four reasons why a "double door" box could be spotted at an elevator:
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And a fifth reason might be that the car was used to deliver grain doors. Grain, as you all know, were owned by the railroads which wanted them returned for reuse.

Gene Green
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